People who live full and meaningful lives don't have time to gossip. They're too busy living. Gossiping is a way of distracting oneself from the empty, meaningless, worthlessness of one's own life. Considering how cloistered away JWs are from the real world, it's no wonder they have nothing better to do than gossip. You don't have to be df'd to be a victim of it. I've heard them gossip about elders, CO's, pioneers, and even their families and "best friends". Every JW is subject to slander from their "brothers and sisters". It's probably the single most defining characteristic of the JWs.
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